And the Iran War looms ever closer February 20, 2007
Posted by Evil Bender in Dubya, Iran, Middle East, News and politics.trackback
US contingency plans for air strikes on Iran extend beyond nuclear sites and include most of the country’s military infrastructure, the BBC has learned.
It is understood that any such attack – if ordered – would target Iranian air bases, naval bases, missile facilities and command-and-control centres.
The US insists it is not planning to attack, and is trying to persuade Tehran to stop uranium enrichment.
So we’ve already planned our attack. Of course, we’re denying it:
But diplomatic sources have told the BBC that as a fallback plan, senior officials at Central Command in Florida have already selected their target sets inside Iran.
But that doesn’t add up. By all reputable accounts, Iran is years away from being able to build nukes, if they’re even really trying (forgive me for not blindly believing Dubya on that one). Why have a plan of attack on a country that is no threat and is years away from being able to be one?
I’d wager a large sum we have no equivallent plan to deal with the Saudi royals, though they’ve done far more to shelter terrorists than Iran.
Bush plans to take us to war. And it remains to be seen whether anyone will stop him.
PNAC Doctrine. It’s still available on the ‘net for all to see, despite its closing. I suppose there is no need for lobbying such imperilistic causes when they are being implemented.
The one thing about this that seems confusing is that someone is actually thinks that Bush is capable of planning for a war.
The Pentagon has plans to go to war with every nation, including allies if necessary. The Iran plan has just been moved up, hopefully as a bargaining chip. But you never know with imperial neoncon morons like Chaney still wielding some power. God help us all.